Is « suture » masculine or feminine?

« suture » is feminine. You say la suture.

Article forms

With the definite article la suture
With the indefinite article une suture
With the partitive article de la suture

Plural

The plural is sutures (les sutures). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.

Why the gender

suture ends in -ure. Nouns ending in -ure are usually feminine, so suture follows the pattern. The full rules by ending cover every common suffix.

Related words

Other common nouns that end the same way:

Common questions

Is « suture » masculine or feminine?

« suture » is feminine. You say la suture.

Is it « le suture » or « la suture »?

It is « la suture ». « le suture » is incorrect.


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